Ironing board cover

ABSTRACT

AN IRONING BOARD COVER WITH SIDE EDGES, A TAPERED END AND AN OPPOSITE BUTT-SHAPED END, A PERIPHERAL POCKET ALONG THE TAPERED AND SIDE EDGES TERMINATING AT THE BUTT END, A COIL SPRING MEMBER WITHIN THE POCKET WITH ITS ENDS EXTENSIBLE FROM THE ENDS OF THE POCKET, THE BUTT END OF THE COVER HAVING A TAB ADAPTED TO BE FOLDED UNDER THE IRONING BOARD, AND SECUREMENT MEANS IN THE TAB AND AT THE ENDS OF THE SPRING ADAPTED FOR ATTACHMENT TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE IRONING BOARD AT THE BUTT END INWARDLY OF THE EDGES THEREOF, WHEREBY THE BUTT END OF THE COVER IS FIXEDLY HELD TO THE BOARD AND THE TAPERED AND SIDE EDGES OF THE COVER ARE DRAWN UNDER THE BOARD AND RESILIENTLY HELD BY THE TENSION IN THE SPRING.

Feb. 16, 1971 Q Q COGAR 3,562,934

IRONING BOARD COVER Filed July 10, 1969 fifi Z INVENTOR.

United States Patent 3,562,934 IRONING BOARD COVER Opal C. Cogar, 10408 Briggs Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44111 Filed July 10, 1969, Ser. No. 840,697 Int. Cl. D06f 81/14, 83/00 US. Cl. 38-140 3 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE An ironing board cover with side edges, a tapered end and an opposite butt-shaped end; a peripheral pocket along the tapered and side edges terminating at the butt end, a coil spring member within the pocket with its ends extensible from the ends of the pocket, the butt end of the cover having a tab adapted to be folded under the ironing board, and securement means in the tab and at the ends of the spring adapted for attachment to the underside of the ironing board at the butt end inwardly of the edges thereof, whereby the butt end of the cover is fixedly held to the board and the tapered and side edges of the cover are drawn under the board and resiliently held by the tension in the spring.

This invention relates generally to ironing board covers.

A principal object of the present invention is to provide an improved ironing board cover having a selfcontained means for supporting the butt end thereof.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved ironing board cover that is resiliently and fixedly attached to the ironing board so as to remain in a snugly stretched position for an indefinite length of time.

Yet a further object is to provide an improved ironing board cover which is easy to mount upon a board and which does not include any strings for loosening up unexpectedly and requiring attention.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide an improved ironing board cover which is simple in design, inexpensive to manufacture, rugged in construction, easy to use and efficient in operation.

The principal purpose of my construction is to provide a cover that is securely anchored at the butt end of the board and that is resiliently held in tension along the tapered and straight sections of the board. By this construction the cover is securely held in position on the board and can be used on boards of varying shape and dimension within the limits of the conventional home ironing board shapes. Thus my construction can be distinguished from prior constructions which were designed either (a) for a particular given shape (which would not vary) wherein the cover was fixed at a number of places along the sides and ends of the board, or (b) for different board shapes wherein the cover was only frictionably held to the board without positive anchoring means. The former construction sacrificed flexibility of use and the latter form sacrificed the firm, tight positioning of the cover that is necessary to avoid crawling, rumpling and disarrangement of the cover.

These and other objects will be readily evident upon a study of the following specification and the accompanying drawing wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present ironing board cover and a pad associated therewith,

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of a modified ironing board cover,

FIG. 3 is a similar view of a further modified form thereof,

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the cover fastening members comprised of a spring, bolts and wing nuts, and

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FIG. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the mounting and the spring fastening members in operative relation to the butt end of the ironing board.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the reference numeral 10 represents an assembly according to the present invention wherein there is an ironing board cover 11 and a foam rubber pad 12.

The ironing board cover 11 is made of any conventional fabric 13 such as is used for covering the pad 12 placed upon the ironing board 14. The ironing board cover is of elongated configuration having a taper 15 at one end, an intermediate section with essentially parallel opposite sides 18 and a blunt or butt shape at the opposite end I16 thereof.

An uninterrupted peripheral pocket 17 is formed around the tapered end 15 and along the opposite sides 18 of the cover thereof by folding over and stitching the edges 19. This pocket 17 terminates at the butt end 16. A resilient metal coil spring 20 is placed within the pocket 17, the ends of the spring being provided with loops or eyelets 21 which extend outward of the ends of the pocket 17.

The butt end 16 of the ironing board cover comprises an endward extending fiap 22 near the edge of which there are means for attachment of the flap. These attachment means may comprise a pair of grommeted openings 23, as shown in FIG. 1, or they may comprise a pair of loops 24 secured upon the flap edge 25 and which may be made of cord or metal (FIG. 2). Alternately, as shown in FIG. 3, the securement means may comprise a pair of slit type button openings 26 in the flap 22; other alternate securement means are within the scope of this invention.

The foam rubber pad 12 is preferably of approxi mately one-quarter inch in thickness, is cut to conform to the shape of the ironing board with which it is used and is placed directly upon the ironing board 14.

In operative use, spring 20 is threaded through pocket 17 and the ironing board cover 11 is placed over the ironing board pad 12 that rests on the ironing board 14. The edges of the cover are drawn beneath the board 14 and adapted to be pulled tightly by the coil spring 20. With reference to FIG. 5, it will be seen that the board 20 is provided with a pair of openings 27 extending through the butt portion thereof and inset from the edge of the board. Each opening 27 of the board 14 receives a downwardly extending bolt 28. These bolts 28 are rigidly secured to the board 14 by nuts 29 and project downwardly to provide a stud to which may be attached the ends 21 of the spring 20 and the attachment means 23 (or the alternate forms 24 or 26) of the flap 22; a retaining means, herein shown in the form of a wing nut 30, is applied to each bolt 28 to retain the spring ends 21 and flap attachment means 23. The length of the spring 20 is selected so that after assembly to the board -14, a substantial tensile force is applied along the edges 15 and 18 of the cover 11 to draw said edges inwardly and pull the upper surface taut across the board in all directions.

Thus there is provided a novel construction wherein the ironing board cover butt end is secured to the tensionforming means in the peripheral edge of the cover 11.

What I now claim is:

1. An improved ironing board cover for use on a conventionally-shaped ironing board wherein the board has a tapered end, a butt end and an intermediate section and is provided on the underside toward the butt end with anchor means; the improvement comprising a continuous pocket along the tapered and intermediate edges of the cover opening at the butt end on each side, a resiliently extensible spring member threaded through the pocket with its ends terminating near and extensible from the ends of the said pocket, a flap integral with the butt end and adapted to be folded under the corresponding end of the board, securement means in the flap and on the ends of the resilient member adapted to be attached to said anchor means, whereby the butt end of the cover is fixedly attached to the board and tension is created in the cover to draw the same tightly over the board.

2. The improved ironing board cover as set forth in claim '1, wherein the pocket along ahe opposite intermediate sides and said tapered end of said ironing board cover is formed by hernming over the edge thereof, the ends of said spring member being extensible outwardly of the ends of said pocket, and each terminal end of said spring member having an eyelet secured thereto.

3. The improved ironing board cover as set forth in claim 1, said flap adapted to fold under the butt end of the board along a fold line that extends essentially between the points of terminus of the pockets in the cover.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,337,936 4/192'0 Martindale 38140 1,789,282 1/1931 Poser 3814O 2,026,961 1/1936- Brodt 38--140 2,418,969 4/1947 Di Gesare 38-140 10 3,414,995 12/1968 Adiletta et a1. 38-140 JORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner G. V. LARKIN, Assistant Examiner 

